The Wolves are unleashed. I recently finished reading this book, not sure how I had time to read a book with everything going on, but I started it a long time ago. I read A Thousand Sons previously, and I must say I'm not much of a fan of the Space Wolves and feel for the story of Magnus and his legion. I generally read all of Dan Abnett's Horus Heresy books as I like Dan's writing. That said I could not really get into this book. These two books further my dislike of the wolves, and this story while well thought out was not paced at my likening. I struggled through the first 300 or so pages, and trudged on like I was moving through the deep snows of Fenris. The story finally got better, quickly peaked and then slowed down again. Definitely not a Dan Abnett novel that I would recommend, too slow and plodding, it does however have more tidbits about the developing Heresy and poor Magnus the Red.
Totally agree Shawn and I felt it really was an anti-climatic ending that really left me sorely disapointed.
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Funny, I have had this book for some time now, and have tried to read it twice.
ReplyDeleteI can't seem to get into it, and I am a huge Space Wolf fan.
Maybe I'll give it another go, but it does feel like more of a chore than enjoyable reading...
You know, I read quite a few reviews of this book prior to reading it and all of them led me to believe it would be a great tale. I just could not get into the story and just don't believe that its very good at all, perhaps some of the worst stuff I have read from Dan since his Marvel UK days.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely agree the ending was anti-climatic, if there ever was a climax in the first place.
I generally never try to read anything three times. If I cannot get through it two times, I'm throwing it out to someone else to have a wack at it. And this comes from someone that enjoys reading very dry history books also.